. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . re of Lost Riverfor, as before stated, no such picturecan do the subject matter justice, butI will, however, briefly call attentionto the different points of interest,trusting that those readers who havenot already visited the gorge willendeavor to do so in the near the thousand, and possiblymore, that have explored Lost River Lost River 237 I have yet to learn of one that didnot feel highly repaid for the gorge is entered at the northernend where the stream plunges be
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . re of Lost Riverfor, as before stated, no such picturecan do the subject matter justice, butI will, however, briefly call attentionto the different points of interest,trusting that those readers who havenot already visited the gorge willendeavor to do so in the near the thousand, and possiblymore, that have explored Lost River Lost River 237 I have yet to learn of one that didnot feel highly repaid for the gorge is entered at the northernend where the stream plunges beneathhuge boulders and is lost from viewand is not seen again except in cav-erns until it appears on the exteriorat Elysian Land. Passing over aseries of bridges and ladders the visi- people can gather and by use of atorch view the little river as it glidesalong beneath large boulders on thenorthern side. At certain times ofday the light that comes in throughthe crevices enables one to see hisshadow in the water, hence the this point we ascend a ladderand come to the exterior where with. Capt. Lyman Jackman tor descends to The Hall of Ships,thirty feet below point of is a deep, narrow gorge resem-bling somewhat The Flume ofFranconia Notch, and gets its namefrom a large boulder that resemblesthe stern of a ship leaving port. Thenext is a presto change act througha small tunnel into Shadow is a large room in which fifty a shudder we view The Guillotineand pass swiftly on down, down overanother series of ladders into TheJudgment Hall of Pluto, which isfifty feet lower than the point ofentrance to the gorge. This is a roomin which the river again appears in theshape of a large pool. The architec-ture of this room is simply grand,boulders of even conceivable size and 238 The Granite Monthly shape hanging from overhead. Buthark! What is that we hear? We lis-ten, look, a torch is lighted, we rushforward. There at the northern endof the hall, back behi
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